One or more systems affected by planned maintenance

The OIEO support team will perform a backup of the data prior to the product component's migration date, and USPTO data will be migrated AS-IS. 

There will be no application and configuration changes needed.  

The migration start times for various product components are listed below. Each migration is estimated to be 4-5 hours.

Monday, October 31 

Trademark-DB-4 – 10 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)

Note: This is for TM standby database only – there will be no outage or impact to customers

Saturday, November 5

Trademark Electronic Application Submission (TEAS) – 12:01 a.m.  (Trademark Product Line)

Trademark Electronic Application Submission International (TEASi) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)

Note: This is for TEAS/TEASi primary databases (dsb-tm-db-1, tm-databridge-db-1). 

The following system will be unavailable during the migration window:

• Assignment Historical Database (AHD)

• Assignments on the Web (AOTW)

• Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS)

• Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)

• Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)

• First Actions System for Trademarks (1.0) (FAST1/2)

• Form Paragraph Editor Program (FPEP)

• Madrid

• Patent and Trademark Assignment System (PTAS)

• Trademark Content Management System (TM-CMS)

• Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR)

• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABIS)

• Trademark Trials and Appeals Board – Reading Room (TTAB-RR)

• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)

Saturday, November 12

Trademark Content Management System Database (TM-CMS-DB-3) – 12:01 a.m. (Trademark Product Line)

Note: The following systems will be unavailable during the maintenance period:

• Abstraction Layer (TM-AL)
• Trademark Exam
• Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG)

• Trademark ID Manual (IDM)

• Automated Specimen Analysis Product (ASAP)

The following systems will be available during the maintenance period, but links to the Case Content Viewer and ID Checker will be unavailable:

• TRADEUPS

• First Action System for Trademarks (FAST1)

• First Action System for Trademarks 2 (FAST2)

• Madrid Certification and Review Program (MCRP)

• X-Search (XS)

​Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) Maintenance

The USPTO will perform maintenance on servers affecting PTAB Interference beginning at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, November 3 and ending at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, November 3 ET.

During the maintenance period, users may experience intermittent issues with PTAB.